@article{762505,
      author = {Whitehead, Colson,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/762505},
      title = {The underground railroad : a novel /},
      abstract = {Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When  Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the  Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk  and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head  north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South  Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But  the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme  designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway,  the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels.  Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight,  state by state, seeking true freedom.--},
      recid = {762505},
      pages = {306 pages ;},
}